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Bomb Scares, Drunk Drivers & New Year's Eve: A Week In Review
Catch all the biggest stories this week on Mentor Patch
1. Today is New Year's Eve () so I'd like to start our weekly recap with a pair of sobering stories from this week about drunk drivers.
A to charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and fleeing and eluding Thursday in .
April Lineberry, 20, of Concord Township, was convicted of both charges and Judge John Trebets sentenced her to 323 days in jail.
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On Oct. 2, Lineberry drove a pickup truck into the assisted living home. However, according to police, that was not the first or last crash she was involved in Sunday night.
For more about Lineberry, .
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2. Meanwhile, a man is looking at up to 7 1/2 years in prison .
William Dominish, 60, had already been convicted of driving drunk eight times before when a Mentor police officer pulled him over August 19.
3. OK, I think that's enough about drunk drivers. Now for something fun:
If you're still looking for plans tonight, .
4. If you're wondering why you couldn't get into Barnes & Noble or Max & Erma's Christmas Eve (and you still don't know,) .
Fortunately, nobody was hurt and the suspicious object turned out to be a homeless man's suitcase.
5. We've been reviewing the highlights (and lowlights) from 2011 all week. .
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